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Detective Comics#588
Cover: Norm Breyfogle & Norm Breyfogle

Detective Comics #588

Jul 1988 · DC · 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
“Night People, Part Two: The Corrosive Man”

Rising from the explosion, Mitchel discovers he has the ability to burn through anything, and is dubbed "The Corrosive Man." Batman tries to stop Mitchel after he inadvertently kills a firefighter and burns 2 police officers, but Mitchel gets away. Blaming Kadaver for the circumstances which transformed him, Mitchel seeks him out to exact revenge. Meanwhile, Kadaver sends his aide Webley to kill a hobo named Dalton Walls.

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writer John Wagner · writer Alan Grant · artist Norm Breyfogle · inker Norm Breyfogle · colorist Anthony Tollin · letterer Todd Klein · cover Norm BreyfogleNorm Breyfogle

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writer Alan Grant
letterer Todd Klein
cover pencils Norm Breyfogle
cover inks Norm Breyfogle

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Rising from the explosion, Mitchel discovers he has the ability to burn through anything, and is dubbed "The Corrosive Man." Batman tries to stop Mitchel after he inadvertently kills a firefighter and burns 2 police officers, but Mitchel gets away. Blaming Kadaver for the circumstances which transformed him, Mitchel seeks him out to exact revenge. Meanwhile, Kadaver sends his aide Webley to kill a hobo named Dalton Walls.

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